NURS 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan Name: ___Abbey Brodeur___Date: 4/28/17

Area Strengths Weakness/Opportunity for Short term goals/strategies Long term goals/strategies
Improvement Present-2 years 3-5 years

Direct Passionate Confidence Gain confidence in I will take on a leadership

Patient Care Hard worker Communication with my nursing skills position on the unit and
Critical thinking physicians Become more will use my critical
Leadership Professional Lack of routine/ confident talking to thinking skills to
bedside manner organization doctors and less strengthen the unit.
Time management intimidated by Orient to the Intensive
doctors Care Unit and become
Become more confident and confortable
organized and in my environment.
figure out a
personalized
routine
Unit Related Approachable Perfectionist Gain confidence to Become a charge nurse
Leadership Flexible Lack confidence become an Precept new nurses
Confortable with People pleaser effective team Join an ethics committee
constructive leader
criticism I will address
conflict when it
occurs and I will
say no when I do
not have sufficient
time to complete
tasks
Listen to others
opinions and
incorporate their
ideas into plans.
Professional To pass the NCLEX Obtain CCRN
Nursing and become an RN To find a specialty that
Development: interests me and become
Organizations,
a Nurse Practitioner
Journals/

Certifications
NURS 479 N/A I decided to read the
Book selection book First Year
(based on your Nurse: Wisdom,
strengths and Warnings, and What
weaknesses) I Wish Id Known My
First 100 Days on
the Job, by Barbara
Arnoldussen.
Organization
Communicating with
physicians
Confidence

Leadership N/A I shadowed Dana,

Shadowing the house
Experience supervisor
Non Judgmental
Time Management
Communication
Professional N/A I got ACLS certified
Activity/ Community Communication
Service
Confidence
Time management
Education: Take a course on Become more Go back to school to
Continuing Nursing
time management proficient in become a Nurse
Education and/or Become a preceptor Spanish Practitioner
plans for Higher Become charge
Education nurse